Country guide
Croatia
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Croatia.
Key facts
- Capital
- Zagreb
- Region
- Europe
- Area
- 56,594 km²
- Population
- 3,866,233
Neighboring countries
Croatia has 5 land neighbors in the country data.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hungary
- Montenegro
- Serbia
- Slovenia
Learn Croatia
Zagreb is Croatia's capital. Inventor Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in the village of Smiljan, which lies in present-day Croatia.
Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometers, bordering Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, with Hungary as its largest neighbor. Croatia's Adriatic coast includes 1,246 islands, islets, and reefs, of which only 47 are permanently inhabited.
The modern necktie originated from a scarf worn by seventeenth-century Croatian mercenaries in France, whose French name 'cravate' is a corruption of the word for Croat.
Trivia
- Croatia preserves a UNESCO-listed tradition of two-part singing in the Istrian scale.
- The modern necktie originated from a scarf worn by 17th-century Croatian mercenaries in France, whose French name 'cravate' is a corruption of the word for Croat.
- Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia features sixteen terraced lakes formed and continually reshaped by natural travertine barriers.
- Croatia's Adriatic coast includes 1,246 islands, islets and reefs, of which only 47 are permanently inhabited.
- Inventor Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in the village of Smiljan, which lies in present-day Croatia.
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